Local Government Solar Arrays in Garfield County

Garfield Clean Energy member governments

Town of Parachute

22.9 kilowatts at 3 facilities

  1. Town Hall: 9.7 kW, 2010
  2. Water Treatment Plant: 9.6 kW, 2010
  3. I-70 Rest Area Solar Flowers: 3.6 kW, 2010

City of Rifle

2,775 kilowatts at 13 facilities

  1. Water Treatment Plant pump station: 600 kW, 2008
  2. Wastewater Treatment Plant: 1,720 kW, 2009 (largest government array in Garfield County)
  3. Taughenbaugh pump station: 42 kW, 2013
  4. South pump station: 15 kW, 2013
  5. Police Department & Courts: 10 kW, 2010
  6. Police Department & Courts: 130 kW, 2013
  7. Parks Maintenance Building: 9.9 kW, 2010
  8. Parks Maintenance Building: 55 kW, 2013
  9. Operations and Maintenance Shop: 10 kW, 2010
  10. Operations and Maintenance Shop: 24 kW, 2014
  11. City Hall Parking Structure: 140.5 kW, 2014
  12. Rifle Ball Field, 9.4 kW, 2013
  13. Rosehill Cemetery, 9.6 kW, 2013

Town of Silt

261 kilowatts at 4 facilities

  1. Town Hall: 9 kW, 2010
  2. Wastewater Treatment Plant: 9 kW, 2010
  3. Senior Housing: 9 kW, 2010
  4. Water Treatment Plant: 234 kW, 2015

Town of New Castle

70.5 kilowatts at 1 facility

  1. Public Works: 70.5 kW, 2009

City of Glenwood Springs

20.5 kilowatts at 1 facility

  1. Community Center: 20.5 kW, 2010

Town of Carbondale

165 kilowatts at 6 facilities

  1. Town Hall: 4 kW, 2004 (1st government array in Garfield County)
  2. Sopris Park Shelter: 6.4 kW, 2006
  3. Recreation Center: 51.8 kW, 2008
  4. Roaring Fork Water Treatment Plant: 87 kW, 2013
  5. Public Works Shop: 18.6 kW, 2013
  6. Third Street Center: 105.5 kW, 2009, 2010, 2013

Garfield County

101.2 kilowatts at 1 facility

  1. Fairgrounds Riding Arena: 101.2 kW, 2011

Colorado Mountain College

102 kilowatts at 1 facility

  1. Rifle Campus: 102 kW, 2011 (CMC student installation)

Roaring Fork Transportation Authority

618 kilowatts at 1 facility

  1. Sunny Side Array: 618 kW share, 2015 (1st government-owned off-site solar)

Other Local Governments in Garfield County

Garfield County Library District

132.6 kilowatts at 5 facilities

  1. Parachute Branch: 9.6 kW, 2010
  2. Rifle Branch: 53 kW, 2010
  3. New Castle: 10 kW, 2012 (CMC student installation)
  4. Silt Branch: 30 kW, 2013 (CMC student installation)
  5. Carbondale: 30 kW, 2014 (CMC student installation)

Battlement Mesa Metro District

435 kilowatts at 1 facility

  1. Water Treatment Plant: 435 kW, 2015

Roaring Fork School District Re-1

719 kilowatts at 2 facilities

  1. Roaring Fork High School: 379 kW, 2015
  2. Riverview Elementary: 340 kW, 2018